Borges searching for 'real dude' at receiver

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges doesn’t mind the balance among his receiving corps right now. It has been that way since he arrived in Ann Arbor last season, where he would not necessarily have a go-to receiver.

Even after Michigan had nine different receivers catch a pass against Illinois Saturday -- each catching one pass -- he is fine with it. One day, though, he would like that to change.

“You’ve got more people to attack them with, absolutely. You like that,” Borges said. “But by that same token, if you have a weapon and he’s only catching one pass, you have to re-evaluate.

“You know, a real dude, you know what I mean.”

A “real dude” does not technically exist in Michigan’s offense thus far. It didn’t last season either, when Junior Hemingway was the team’s leading receiver with 34 catches for 399 yards and four touchdowns.

The numbers, though, screamed balance instead of having a guy to depend on. That guy -- or those dudes -- are on the roster, though. Borges has seen it.

He might already be setting his team up for it, too. Borges acknowledged Tuesday that he is tightening up the amount of receivers he has been playing. Unlike earlier in the season, when between seven and nine receivers would see passes thrown their way in close games, Michigan has shrunk the number to four and maybe five.

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